At long last…what I’ve been going on and on and on about. They’re finally done!!!

These are 13.5″ x 17.5″ custom bound and printed leather portfolios. The covers are a really luxurious, soft, and rich chocolate leather and they are lined with hot pressed, 100% cotton off-white Arches Platine printmaking paper. These are a bit of a departure from my usual bindings, in that they are screwpost bound (for easy in-and-out of images) and fully covered in leather, as opposed to paper or bookcloth. They are for a photographer here in Brooklyn who does a lot of fashion work (outstanding work, by the way!) and they’re sturdy pieces, designed to be used, passed around, and shown off.

It’s been a total pleasure doing this work, and I’m looking forward to doing lots more in the near future. I got a few new leather binding ideas out of this, as well as a great lesson in the fact that you can, well, print on just about anything!

“Understanding is not reached through vicariously acquired information, but in living and working, fully.”
- Edward Weston